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Andrew Jackson
- His Life and Times
- De: H.W. Brands
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
- Duración: 25 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,311
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,050
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,052
The extraordinary story of Andrew Jackson—the colorful, dynamic, and forceful president who ushered in the Age of Democracy and set a still young America on its path to greatness—told by the bestselling author of The First American.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Thorough
- De Eric en 02-07-06
- Andrew Jackson
- His Life and Times
- De: H.W. Brands
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
A great tale, superbly read
Revisado: 03-26-08
I knew almost nothing about Jackson when I started this book except that he had been President and had something to do with New Orleans and Florida. Now I can almost picture him, calling for duels at the drop of a hat, training his horses, playing with his adopted son (and a baby lamb), urging on his troops, who returned his pride in them with fierce loyalty, sticking to his principles at the repeated risk of his career, and having arguably as much effect on the course of America's history as any of the Founders did. In telling Jackson's story, H.W. Brands also tells the story of his era, which was as noble, bellicose and preoccupied with principle as he was: shaped by war with Spain, Britain and American Indians, political friction between Federalists and Republicans, and the remorseless westward push that eventually stretched America from sea to shining sea. John H Mayer's narration is a treat, and does full justice to Brands' artfully structured yet utterly natural-sounding prose.
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Lone Star Nation
- How a Ragged Army of Courageous Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence
- De: H.W. Brands
- Narrado por: Don Leslie
- Duración: 17 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 331
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 241
Lone Star Nation is the gripping story of Texas' precarious journey to statehood, from its early colonization in the 1820s to the shocking massacres of Texas loyalists at the Alamo and Goliad by the Mexican army, from its rough-and-tumble years as a land overrun by the Comanches to its day of liberation as an upstart republic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Texas: From Spanish colony to statehood
- De Brian Shivers en 04-06-05
- Lone Star Nation
- How a Ragged Army of Courageous Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence
- De: H.W. Brands
- Narrado por: Don Leslie
Riveting
Revisado: 02-13-08
An absorbing history, sweeping in scope, thrilling in incident, uncommonly well written and superbly read. One of the best audiobooks I have encountered.
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Lives of the Twelve Caesars
- De: Suetonius
- Narrado por: Derek Jacobi
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 42
Suetonius wrote his Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around 70AD. He chronicled the extraordinary careers of Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian, and Domitian and the rest in technicolour terms. They presented some high and low times at the heart of the Roman Empire. The accounts provide us with perspicacious insights into the men as much as their reigns.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Translation doubts
- De Elizabeth en 05-20-07
- Lives of the Twelve Caesars
- De: Suetonius
- Narrado por: Derek Jacobi
Translation doubts
Revisado: 05-20-07
Jacobi reads beautifully (he played Claudius, one of the Caesars in question), but Naxos, the publisher, seems strangely coy about the translator--not even in its catalog does it reveal whose English version Jacobi is reading. It's certainly not the celebrated Robert Graves translation (for that go to the Audio Connoisseurs edition) but a far looser one, and, of course, heavily abridged. Information about the translator would seem a basic courtesy to the buyer. This buyer, at least, is disappointed by the lack of it.
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